Siebrand Mazeland wrote:
As I already explained: i18n is for developers, L10n is for translators. If you choose to be a developer, why do you choose to translate!?
"Translator" is not only a BetaWiki user. I (and other people) translate directly in the PHP file(s). One could be both developer and translator, and even handle both translations and i18n problems.
Generally speaking, it is important not to have conflicts between BetaWiki and the SVN translators. Indeed, no one owns a language, but some people don't like to see other people "interfering" their translation work; and if the translation quality is bad, it is even more annoying. Thus, I suggest that if a trusted person says a translation quality is bad, it would not be commited; I also suggest that if a person with SVN rights, who speaks the language, clearly opposes the current translations in BetaWiki, they will not be commited. If one doesn't want to use BetaWiki, he still "edits" the MediaWiki messages in BetaWiki, and BetaWiki translations should not override his translations without asking him about it.